Soccer Preview: Collinsville vs. Freeburg
The Collinsville Kahoks will head out on the road to challenge the Freeburg Midgets at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Collinsville is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against O'Fallon on Tuesday. Collinsville's rough 3-0 defeat to O'Fallon might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Collinsville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 190th, while O'Fallon is ranked second).
Meanwhile, Freeburg waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over the Orphans. Freeburg's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
They hit Centralia with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Avery Hesseldenz (4),
Madalyn Finder, and
Nora Smith.
Collinsville's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Freeburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
